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Literary
January 16, 1813
Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
Benjamin Franklin recounts an anecdote where his host teaches him a lesson on humility: while exiting through a low passage, he hits his head on a beam, prompting the advice to 'stoop' through life to avoid misfortunes caused by pride.
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ON PRIDE.
" When I visited your father, he received me in his library, and on my taking leave showed me a shorter way out through a narrow passage, which was crossed by a beam overhead; we were still talking as I withdrew, he accompanying me behind, and I turning partly towards him, when he said hastily, 'stoop, stoop.' I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed an occasion of giving instruction; and upon this he said to me, 'you are young, and have the world before you, stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.' This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me, and I often think of it when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by carrying their heads too high."
DR. B. FRANKLIN
" When I visited your father, he received me in his library, and on my taking leave showed me a shorter way out through a narrow passage, which was crossed by a beam overhead; we were still talking as I withdrew, he accompanying me behind, and I turning partly towards him, when he said hastily, 'stoop, stoop.' I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed an occasion of giving instruction; and upon this he said to me, 'you are young, and have the world before you, stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.' This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me, and I often think of it when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by carrying their heads too high."
DR. B. FRANKLIN
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Pride
Humility
Moral Lesson
Benjamin Franklin
Anecdote
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. B. Franklin
Literary Details
Title
On Pride.
Author
Dr. B. Franklin
Subject
Lesson On Humility And Avoiding Pride
Key Lines
'You Are Young, And Have The World Before You, Stoop As You Go Through It, And You Will Miss Many Hard Thumps.'
I Often Think Of It When I See Pride Mortified, And Misfortunes Brought Upon People By Carrying Their Heads Too High.